IntheStarlight
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Hello, I'm a long time bunny slave, first time poster here. I'm currently dealing with a serious illness with my oldest bunny, Stormy, and I'm exhausted from trying to figure out what's wrong with him. A friend told me a lot of members of this site are very knowledgeable with health issues so I'm hoping someone can help me out. Sorry in advance for the long post.
Stormy is my very beloved 8 year old Mini-Rex. Up until a few months ago, he was full of energy, zooming all over the place. Several months ago he became less energenic and spent more time than usual laying down during play time. He also started losing weight. We went to the vet for a wellness check and to have bloodwork done. The bloodwork came back normal. She also checked his teeth with an otoscope (not under sedation) and said everything looked normal. Then about a month ago, he started having occasional mushy poos. Then they started being more frequent, several times a day. We sent a sample to the lab. The results came back that there was blood in his poos. My vet said it could be one of two things causing intestinal bleeding: an ulcer or cancer. We did X-rays of his head and abdomen which showed nothing abnormal except his head X-ray showed a small gap between his back teeth. My vet said it could be still be cancer, even though there was nothing visible in the X-ray but decided to treat it as an ulcer. He's been on Sucralfate (an ulcer med) for 2 weeks with no improvements.
He has very little energy, is willing to eat his veggies but not pellets and very little hay. I've been giving him Critical Care several times a day. He still begs for treats but spends most of his time in his hidey house and when I let him out, he lays down.
I often hear his tummy growling very loudly. As loud as a humans. Most of his poo output is mushy. There are some normal, hard poos but they are very small and mi-shapen. He also occasionally has mucous in his poos and piles of cecals.
I'm so concerned and frustrated. He's my little buddy and I love him dearly. My vet (who is the most rabbit savy vet in my area) said that the only way to tell for sure whether it's cancer or not would be to go in surgically, which is much too risky. She thinks his teeth may be bothering him a bit but this is not his main problem and not the cause of the blood in his stools.
The last few days, he's been occasionally doing a chewing type of circle motion with his mouth when he's not eating. I think something is bothering him.
I want to fix my little guy but I just don't know what is wrong and neither does my vet. He has another apt. next Friday. I had to get him some pain meds the other day because he was so lethargic and grinding his teeth.
I love him so much and Im very afraid I will lose him.
Does anyone have any experience with anything similar? Any info or advice greatly appreciated.
Stormy is my very beloved 8 year old Mini-Rex. Up until a few months ago, he was full of energy, zooming all over the place. Several months ago he became less energenic and spent more time than usual laying down during play time. He also started losing weight. We went to the vet for a wellness check and to have bloodwork done. The bloodwork came back normal. She also checked his teeth with an otoscope (not under sedation) and said everything looked normal. Then about a month ago, he started having occasional mushy poos. Then they started being more frequent, several times a day. We sent a sample to the lab. The results came back that there was blood in his poos. My vet said it could be one of two things causing intestinal bleeding: an ulcer or cancer. We did X-rays of his head and abdomen which showed nothing abnormal except his head X-ray showed a small gap between his back teeth. My vet said it could be still be cancer, even though there was nothing visible in the X-ray but decided to treat it as an ulcer. He's been on Sucralfate (an ulcer med) for 2 weeks with no improvements.
He has very little energy, is willing to eat his veggies but not pellets and very little hay. I've been giving him Critical Care several times a day. He still begs for treats but spends most of his time in his hidey house and when I let him out, he lays down.
I often hear his tummy growling very loudly. As loud as a humans. Most of his poo output is mushy. There are some normal, hard poos but they are very small and mi-shapen. He also occasionally has mucous in his poos and piles of cecals.
I'm so concerned and frustrated. He's my little buddy and I love him dearly. My vet (who is the most rabbit savy vet in my area) said that the only way to tell for sure whether it's cancer or not would be to go in surgically, which is much too risky. She thinks his teeth may be bothering him a bit but this is not his main problem and not the cause of the blood in his stools.
The last few days, he's been occasionally doing a chewing type of circle motion with his mouth when he's not eating. I think something is bothering him.
I want to fix my little guy but I just don't know what is wrong and neither does my vet. He has another apt. next Friday. I had to get him some pain meds the other day because he was so lethargic and grinding his teeth.
I love him so much and Im very afraid I will lose him.
Does anyone have any experience with anything similar? Any info or advice greatly appreciated.
I hope we can find some answers for you.
